La historia de los omeyas de al-Andalus en el Enciclopedismo mameluco. Un análisis historiográfico de la Nihāyat al-arab y los Masālik al-abṣār

Abdenour  Padillo-Saoud

doi:10.3989/alqantara.2022.027

Authors

Abdenour Padillo-Saoud Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo, CSIC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-397X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2022.027

Keywords:

Mamluk encyclopaedism, Andalusi historiography, Nihāyat al-arab, Masālik al-abṣār, Muqtabis

Abstract

This article discusses from a historiographical point of view the chapter on the Umayyads of al-Andalus included in two of the most representative works of the Mamluk period: al-Nuwayrī’s Nihāyat al-arab and al-ʿUmarī’s Masālik al-abṣār, both of which are framed within the so-called “Mamluk encyclopaedism”. First, the main characteristics of the written production of this period are presented, as well as the circumstances that shaped them. Subsequently, some general considerations about these authors and their respective works are offered. All this will provide a general overview of the cultural context in which the works under study were produced. Finally, we proceed to the critical historiographic analysis of the information on the Umayyads of al-Andalus included in the two works, with special attention to their sources. This analysis sheds further light on the process of textual transmission in Arabic historiography, in addition to expanding our knowledge of some relevant Andalusī sources that are partial or totally lost, as is the case with Ibn Ḥayyān’s Muqtabis.

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